“You can still send messages to someone even if they're right next to you; however, that is kind of hard in the middle of battle,” Rebecca stated.
“Then what about someone who is captured and held for torture for the rest of their lives? What happens to them in real life, or what options do they have?” John asked, causing the women to show looks of surprise before Alexia asked. “Now why would you want to know that?”
“Well, the quest we just helped Princess Alea Keagwyn with, which also led me to Elrinia, was all the machinations of a human necromancer named Francis,” John explained, only for Rebecca to cut him off and say. “Ugh, that guy.”
“You know who John’s referring to?” Alexia asked.
“Unfortunately,” Rebecca sighed. “He's a follower of Markus De-Wright. He once saw me summon Elrinia and became infatuated by her beauty and, since then, continually pestered me about summoning her again, which I naturally refused. What did the love-sick fool do?”
“He summoned Elrinia's sister as a means to force her to sleep with him,” John replied as he told them what Francis did.
“Fucking idiot,” Rebecca cursed. “For someone so in love with her, how's it possible he didn't know what she could do with her clones?”
Alexia raised an eyebrow while asking, “Why does that sound like it's coming from personal experience?”
“Err,” Rebecca replied before coughing in an embarrassed way and saying, “There are, um, costs to summoning Elrinia. She is a demon queen after all.”
“I see,” Alexia said in amusement. “Perhaps we can use your connection with her to help you replace Markus De-Wright as leader of the necromancer guild; no doubt she'll be important after this update drops. Speaking of Markus De-Wright though, has he been up to anything recently?”
That old bag of bones is definitely up to something, both in Genesis and in the real world,” Rebecca replied. “Though while we can pretty much guess what he’s up to here, I have no idea in Genesis, though it’s possible he was involved in this whole Francis incident.”
“You mean how he’s publicly supporting his son, Julian’s pursuit of my daughter?” Alexia asked. “While I do believe poor Julian is indeed infatuated with Alexia, she herself has no interest in the boy, while his father is clearly only supporting the pursuit of his own interests.”
“Why does our empire have so many parents influencing their children for their own gain?” Kaela asked in anger. “It’s the same situation as with Sarah and that Jordan Marks bastard; this is borderline against the Genesis Accord.”
“Unfortunately, it’s not, however,” Adria replied. “So long as they don’t openly force them to do it and we have no evidence of the fact, there is nothing we can do.
“So wait,” John replied. “Jordan Marks was only pursuing Sarah because of her position and not because he actually liked her? Does Sarah know this?”
Upon hearing his question, Alexia glared at Kaela, who quickly covered her mouth with her hands, while Alexia sighed and said. “She is, honestly I would have rather kept this from you because the fewer people who know, the better, but since you already know this much and as a show of good faith in healing our fractured relationship, I will be honest with you.
Sarah has always been bad when it comes to picking men, something I’m sure you have heard,” John nodded before saying. “Multiple times.”
“Yes, well, it comes from the fractured relationship she has with her mother, my sister, Tali, and is one of the reasons I hope you will treat her well and be a good friend to her in the future. Anyway, she fell for Jordan Marks, as with many other men before him and did love him, until a spy I have placed close to Jordan’s father, Steven Marks, learned that it was a scheme cooked up by his father to get their family in with the imperial family.
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This news almost broke Sarah’s heart; however, she agreed to my selfish request for her to play along with the relationship for a short while longer before we staged the whole incident of her walking in on him with Stacey Anderson. Sarah used this as a valid excuse to break off their relationship while also acquiring the item she needed for her rebirth, which ultimately led her to meet you.”
“Wait, so Stacey Anderson, or Golden Phoenix, is a spy of yours?” John asked in surprise, to which Alexia nodded. “Correct. She is gathering intelligence on the movements of the Marks family in hopes that I can gather enough evidence to remove him from power. While I may be empress, it isn’t an easy matter to forcibly remove a minister without proof, unless I want to sow discord.
Also, this doesn’t seem to be a one-time scheme of Steven Marks, as recent intelligence shows Jordan's twin brother, Jason, attempting to pursue Princess Shizu of the Kitsune Empire, who recently arrived in the city for her mandatory attendance at Eloa Continental University.”
“Wait,” John replied as he remembered the Kitsune he had met back in the bar area of Eclipse Views. “This Princess Shizu, she doesn’t happen to have white fur, does she? I spoke to her for a brief while when she was on a date with a young man in an expensive suit, one she didn’t seem to keen to be on.”
“She does,” Alexia replied before adding. “I’m surprised you didn’t recognise her considering how famous she is and how much you know about the leaders of the different races.”
“The book I read only listed the names; it had no pictures, so I, of course, recognised the name and knew she was important because of her having nine tails, but I never expected her to be Princess Shizu herself,” John replied. {Damn, who knew. I hope I didn’t leave a bad impression.}
“That makes sense; there are, after all, too many royal or imperial families in the world to include pictures with each one,” Alexia said, nodding. “Also, I’m not surprised she wasn’t too excited about dining out with Jordan.”
“She most likely only agreed to appease the man and make life easier for herself at university. Jordan and Jason Marks are both on the student council, after all and could make life troublesome for Princess Shizu or even Princess Adria if they wished to,” Maria stated before adding. “Also, you should be wary of the brother's younger sister, Jessica Marks.”
“Why?” John asked.
“It would not be surprising, given Steven Marks' connection, if he doesn’t already know you're the one from the racial punishment announcement and that you own two percent of Sanders Incorporated. Add to that the news of you having the first unique class when it finally breaks, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has his daughter try to seduce you,” Maria replied.
“From the sound of it, the boy turned down Elrinia; what chance does a little girl have?” Rebecca scoffed.
“I’m just offering a warning of what could come to pass,” Maria replied.
Alexia nodded in agreement before saying, “Maria is correct; you should watch out for her just in case,” Before she returned to the original subject and asked. “So Elrinia captured this Francis and plans to torture him?”
“Yes,” John nodded. “What will happen to him in the real world if Elrinia is punishing his body in Genesis for the rest of his life, as she plans?”
“That is entirely dependent on Tia,” Alexia explained. “His own actions caused this, so unless another god saves him, that character is doomed. Francis can, however, make a request to Tia to delete that character and restart fresh.”
“I didn't realise that was possible,” John said in surprise.
“It's normally not, though Tia has made exceptions in the past for extraordinary circumstances,” Alexia replied before adding. “Though this time I doubt that will happen since this was his own doing.
With that, he'll have two choices: keep logging in and facing her punishment that may eventually shatter his mind, or stop playing altogether.”
“If it was me, I'd choose the second option,” Maria stated. “Genesis may dramatically reduce the pain we feel, but pain is still pain, and eventually it will get too much.”
John nodded and shivered slightly before saying, “I know I wouldn't be able to handle what Elrinia plans to do to him, especially after Princess Alea Keagwyn's suggestion.”
“Oh! What did Alea suggest?” Alexia asked curiously.
John scratched the back of his head before saying, “I’m not really sure it’s suitable for an empress’s ears.”
“I assure you I’ve heard far worse,” Alexia replied before motioning for him to continue.
John sighed before saying, “Princess Alea Keagwyn suggested that after Elrinia cuts off his dick, she should gouge out his eye and replace it with his severed dick.”
All three women showed looks of surprise, while Kaela showed a look of disgust and said, “Eww, that's so nasty.”
“That is indeed very amazing,” Alexia remarked before adding. “Who knew Alea had such a vindictive side?”
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